'I Would Cut Down Mountains and to Be with You ... ' ; Letters of Forgotten Englishman's Doomed Love in 1920s China Inspire Writer 90 Years On

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THEY are the long lost letters that reveal a torrid tale of forbidden love in 1920s China.

The bundle of postcards and letters lay unnoticed in someone's attic, waiting for their sorry story to be told.

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'I Would Cut Down Mountains and to Be with You ... ' ; Letters of Forgotten Englishman's Doomed Love in 1920s China Inspire Writer 90 Years On

It wasn't until Sutton Coldfield collector Douglas Coleman bought them that their secrets spilled out.

The dangerous liaison between a British businessman and a married woman was charted in letters that spoke first of romance but soon turned to desperation, regret and tearful goodbyes.

Also in the bundle were letters from a young Chinese woman, together with the evocat...

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